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AGARES, Release 4

Finally back home. The smart thing to do would be to space out the releases a bit to prepare for any potential times of famine, but nah, not going to do that, really trying to reduce the amount that this project in particular feels like doing work (which currently is ... mostly none?).

This is ch 30-34, ~15K words.

2025-07-20 18:03:28 +0000 UTC View Post

AGARES, Release 3

Just got done with a family reunion at a cabin in the woods with no wifi and just my crappy little laptop, now at a different relative's house for a visit, but with an actual desk. I have a rule that I shouldn't post things while traveling unless they're cued and ready to go, but what is AGARES if not breaking rules?

I'm going to try to break these into manageable chunks for posting purpo...

AGARES, Release 2

I've been thinking a little bit about how these releases are going to look, and have decided that each is going to be their own doc, even though I'm writing this all in One Big Doc. Hopefully that works for you. I'll also be doing an epub, which is just a quick and dirty "save as epub" that hopefully GDocs has a good implementation of. Plausibly there will be "the whole thing" checkpoints, I do...

Avant-Garde Autopilot Rotogravure Express: System-Go!

I shared in the update five days ago that I was working on an idea that had taken me, that of a litRPG that's written from the point of view of the System. It has a long name now, which is never to be referenced: just call it Agares or AGARES if you must (the "Go!" is a directive, like you're throwing a Poké Ball).

I wasn't sure whether I was going to write more of it, but I wrote anothe...

Thresholder, Book 3: Esperide

The third book of Thresholder is now out on Amazon in ebook, KU, and audiobook species. Audiobook will follow at some later date. Editing on this was largely copy-editing, with not many changes to the overall flow and content, in part because I was quite happy with th...

Update

INT. Therapist’s Office. THRESHOLDER sits on one end of the couch, while ALEXANDER sits on the other. The therapist, JESSICA, sits across from them with a notebook and a pen.

JESSICA: Alright, we said that we would take a little time. How has it been?

ALEXANDER: If I’m being honest, it’s been one of the most productive two months of my life.

THRESHOLDER: (rolling eyes) R...

Thresholder, ch 175, Repairs

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It's been a while, sorry. I was in Berkeley for Le...

Thresholder: The Great Arc, now in ebook!

The second book of Thresholder, the Great Arc, is now available on Amazon as ebook, paperback, and on Kindle Unlimited!

If you've been holding off on reading it, Thresholder is divided up into different worlds, and this is the second major arc, follow...

Thresholder, ch 174, Rescue from Without

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Perry flew out from the city. He had th...

Thresholder, ch 173, The Eight Worlds of Queenie, pt 2

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I got spat out with the rifle and worri...

Thresholder, ch 172, The Eight Worlds of Queenie, pt 1

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Turns out that I'm still sick. No idea what the bo...

Thresholder, ch 171, Trades

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I'm still recovering from being sick, back to abou...

Out Sick

I was feeling a little bit sick when I posted the last chapter a week ago, and had joked with my wife that it was one of the weakest colds that I'd ever had ... and then I just kept getting worse. I'm fairly sure now that it was influenza, our whole house had it, and my son ended up with dual ear infections. I'm on the mend now, at maybe 70% capacity.

I have a policy of not doing publisha...

Thresholder, ch 170, The Great Awakening

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Alright, I made this post twice, because my mouse ...

Thresholder, ch 169, On Practical Applications of Knowledge

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Sorry for the late chapter, I'm traveling and just...

Thresholder, Book 1, now on Amazon

The first book of Thresholder is now available on Amazon, either through Kindle Unlimited, for regular ebook purchase, as a paperback, or as a full cast audiobook. As previously mentioned when I posted the ebook here for patrons, the newly revised first book has a lot of extra content, mostly to flesh out the ...

Thresholder, ch 168, Returned to Sender

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The first stop of the night was at the ...

Thresholder, ch 167, Compromised

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Inside Perry’s hotel room, two women ...

Thresholder, ch 166, Midnight Rituals

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The moon was shattered across the sky. ...

Thresholder, ch 165, The Cloven Soul

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If you haven't been following the Worth the Ca...